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ORDINANC NO. B -1663
AN ORDINANCE relating to persons convicted of certain crimes; requiring them to register
etc., with the Chief'of Police; making certain records private and defining
offenses and prescribing penalties, and declaring an emergency,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Anyone convictedof a felony, or of any crime constituting a
felony, under the laws of this State, who shall be within the city limits of Yakima or
in transit, temporarily or otherwise, must within 48 hours after arrival therein, or
within 48 hours after the effective date of this ordinance, if within the city on that
date, report to and furnish the Chief of. Police with a written statement signed by him,
containing his true name and each other name or alias by which he is or has been known,
a full and complete personal description, the, name of each crime above enumerated of
which he has been convicted, the place'where committed, the name under which he was con-
victed, the date of each such conviction, the name and location of each prison, reform-
atory or other penal institution if any, in which he was confined as punishment therefor,
the location or address of each of his actual or intended residence, stopping place or
living quarters in the City of Yakima, together with a description of each such place,
whether hotel, apartment house, dwelling house or otherwise, giving the street number
thereof, if any, or such description of the location as will identify the same, and the
length of time which he expects or intends to' reside within said City.. At the time of
furnishing such statement said person shall be photographed and fingerprinted by the
Chief of Police.
Section 2. Any such person changing his place of residence, stopping place
.or living quarters, shall within forty -eight hours thereafter notify said Chief of
Police in a written and signed statement of such change of address and shall furnish An
the statement such new address.
Section 3. All reports, records, photographs and fingerprints taken pur-
suant to this ordinance shall be private records of. the Chief of Police, open to the
inspection only by city or police officers or persons having official duties to perform
in connection therewith; and it shall be unlawful for anyone having access to such
records to disclose to anyone else, other than in the regular discharge of his duties,
any information contained therein. _ _ •
Section 4. It shall be unlawful to fail to furnish any statement, report,
information, photograph or fingerprint required by this ordinance within the time re-
quired hereby or to furnish any such statement, information, photograph or fingerprint
which is false or misleading.
Section 5. The requirements of this ordinance shall not apply to any perso
five years after a full pardon or a final release or discharge from a reformatory, peni-
tentiary, or other penal institution has been granted such person.
Section 6. Anyone who shall violate or fail to comply with any provision
of this ordinance, shall upon conviction thereof be punished by.a fine in any sum not
exceeding Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or by imprisonment in the city jail for a term
not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each separate
_ day or portion thereof during which any violation of this ordinance occurs or continues
shall be deemed to constitute a separate.violation. hereof and a separate offense here-
under, and upon conviction thereof.: shall be punished as herein provided.
Section 7. This ordinance is one to provide for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, property, health and safety, and an emergency is declared to exist,
and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage, ap-
proval and publication as provided by law and the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 21st day of Febru-
ary, 1955.
ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN (S E A L) G. W. BURNS
City Clerk Mayor
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I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance
No. B -1663 entitled "AN ORDINANCE relating to persons convicted of certain crimes; re-
quiring them to register, etc., with the Chief of Police; making certain records private
and defining offenses and prescribing penalties, and declaring an emergency.° as passed
on the 21st day of February, 1955 and that has been published by law.
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